Hyperrealism. 1967-2012
22 March to 9 June 2013
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<exchanging gazes> 5: Interior Scenes. Women and Daily Life.
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From 26 February to 10 June 2013
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec always harboured a keen fascination with the world of the theatres and cafés-concerts of Paris, which he depicted in numerous works, exhibiting his impressive powers of observation. The famous singer Yvette Guilbert (1867‒1944), a genuine star of the Divan Japonais, Ambassadeurs and Moulin Rouge cabarets in fin-de-siècle Paris, had met Toulouse Lautrec at the beginning of 1893 through the writer Maurice Donnay and had become one of the painter’s favourite vedettes . In this portrait, which was used to illustrate Gustave Geffroy’s article on cafésconcerts in Le Figaro Illustré in 1893, Yvette is depicted on the edge of the stage, in a stiff pose — haughty even — about to perform the de rigueur curtsey between rounds of applause. According to the singer’s memoirs, he had copied her chignon and pale makeup from a wax head in the Musée de Lille and her long V-necked dress from Albert Besnard’s Portrait of Mme Roger Jourdain.
For a time the work belonged to the French silent film actor Max Linder (Maximilien Gabriel Leuvielle, 1883–1925).
Paloma Alarcó
Catalogue of the Exhibition Hyperrealism 1967-2012 (Spanish edition)
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White Vase Morandi
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Blue Cufflinks
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Blue Vase Morandi
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T-shirt Self-Portrait (Size L)
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Bag Telephone Booths
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Bag Wayuu
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T-shirt Countess of Dartmouth (Size M)
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Yellow Vase Morandi
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Red Cufflinks
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Case with Mugs Delaunay
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Pendant Vincent van Gogh
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Bottles and Vases Paul Klee
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Bag Paul Klee
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Necklace The Kimono
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